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Fonterra seeks further changes to dairy act
The Dairy Industry Restructuring Act needs to stop tilting the playing field in favour of foreign-backed competitors with significant capital resources, Fonterra Cooperative Group says. Eighteen years after the passage of the original legislation, there are 10 competitors oper...
Primary Sector
Comvita chair Neil Craig eyes the exit once he finds a new CEO
Comvita chair Neil Craig is planning to step down after the honey products company appoints a new chief executive and probably before the end of the company's financial year next June.Craig confirmed that he told shareholders at Thursday's annual meeting both that he is planning...
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Primary Sector
Zespri tries to whet American appetite for kiwifruit
Zespri says research has become a bigger part of its marketing mix as it reverts to basics to increase sales in the US. The US is a comparatively recent market for Zespri which has previously looked to China and Japan for growth. The kiwifruit marketer opened a pan-American offic...
Primary Sector
Mandatory farm plans scorned as 'tick box' exercises
Lobbyists spanning public health, environmental, infrastructure and recreation groups oppose plans to introduce mandatory freshwater plans for farms, saying clear and explicit rules are a better way to manage high-polluting activities. The Public Health Association, Forest & Bird...
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Riley Kennedy
Senior Journalist
Riley Kennedy joined BusinessDesk in 2022 and covers New Zealand’s primary sector, with a focus on the country’s agribusinesses and the broader food and fibre economy. He won the DairyNZ Industry Award at the NZ Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators Awards in 2024, and was named Emerging Journalist of the Year by the New Zealand Shareholders Association in 2022. Riley previously worked as a business specialist at the Otago Daily Times and holds a diploma in journalism from Wintec.
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